Dates and Dead People
THE SUMERIANS ARE CREDITED WITH DEVELOPING THIS SYSTEM OF WRITING AROUND 3200 BC, USING WEDGE-SHAPED MARKS ON CLAY TABLETS.
WHAT IS CUNEIFORM?
THIS OLD TESTAMENT PROPHET WAS TAKEN UP INTO HEAVEN BY A WHIRLWIND ON A FIERY CHARIOT.
WHO IS ELIJAH?
THIS PARIS LANDMARK, WHICH WAS COMPLETED IN 1889 FOR THE WORLD’S FAIR, IS REPAINTED EVERY SEVEN YEARS WITH 60 TONS OF PAINT.
WHAT IS THE EIFELL TOWER?
THE BILL OF RIGHTS WAS PRIMARILY WRITTEN BY THIS PERSON WHO WAS ALSO THE FOURTH PRESIDENT?
WHO IS JAMES MADISON?
IN 1887, EMILE BERLINER INVENTED THIS DEVICE WHICH CONVERTS SOUND WAVES INTO ELECTRICAL SIGNALS. TBH, THOUGH I THOUGHT IT WAS THOMAS EDISON
WHAT IS A MICROPHONE?
ACCORDING TO ROMAN LEGEND, THE TWIN BROTHERS ROMULUS AND REMUS FOUNDED THE CITY OF ROME ON APRIL 21ST, IN THIS YEAR BC.
WHAT IS 753 BC?
AFTER A VICTORIOUS TRIUMPH AGAINST THE AMMONITES, THIS JUDGE OF ISRAEL MADE A RASH VOW THAT WHATEVER ENTERED HIS HOUSE HE WOULD SACRIFICE TO THE LORD, WHICH RESULTED IN THE SACRIFICE OF HIS ONLY DAUGHTER.
WHO IS JEPHTHAH?
THIS SECOND LARGEST LAND MASS IN THE WORLD IS OVER 5.5 MILLION SQUARE MILES.
WHAT IS ANTARCTICA?
HIS NAMES HAS BECAME SYNONYMOUS WITH TREASON SINCE DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, THIS GENERAL SWITCHED SIDES AND FLED TO THE BRITISH YET HE WAS ONCE A CELEBRATED AMERICAN HERO.
WHO IS BENEDICT ARNOLD?
THIS MATHEMATICAL FUNCTION IS THE PRODUCT OF ALL POSITIVE WHOLE NUMBERS FROM 1 UP TO A GIVEN NUMBER AND IS DENOTED BY AN EXCLAMATION MARK.
HAT IS FACTORIAL?
In 490 BC, this pivotal Greek victory over invading Persians, where outnumbered Athenians used superior tactics and armor to rout the Persians, ended the first Persian invasion. Additionally, the legend of messenger Pheidippides' run to Athens has lived in history.
WHAT IS THE BATTLE OF MARATHON?
THIS NEW TESTAMENT BOOK IS ADDRESSED TO “THE TWELVE TRIBES IN THE DISPERSION.”
WHAT IS JAMES?
IN 1988, KENNETH BRANNAH STARRED IN THIS FILM, WHICH WAS A MOVIE ADAPTATION OF ONE OF MOM AND SHAKESPERE'S FAVORITES PLAYS.
WHAT IS HAMLET?
THIS STATE HAD ITS OWN PRESIDENT, ARMY, AND EVEN A NAVY BEFORE JOINING THE UNITED STATES IN 1845 AS THE 28TH STATE.
WHAT IS TEXAS?
THIS PART OF THE CELL CONTAINS GENETIC MATERIAL THAT REGULATES CELL ACTIVITIES, GROWTH, METABOLISM, AND REPRODUCTION.
WHAT IS THE NUCULUS? NO, NUCLEUS.
THIS CARTHAGINIAN GENERAL LED HIS FORCES, INCLUDING ELEPHANTS, ACROSS THE ALPS TO ATTACK ROME IN 218 BC DURING THE SECOND PUNIC WAR.
WHO IS HANNIBAL?
THIS OBSCURE, LEFT-HANDED JUDGE OF ISRAEL ASSASSINATED KING EGLON OF MOAB.
WHO IS EHUD?
AT JUST 88 DAYS, THIS PLANET HAS THE SHORTEST YEAR IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM AND CAN REACH TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS -290°F.
WHAT IS MERCURY?
THOUGH MOST WERE U.S. CITIZENS, THE U.S. GOVERNMENT RELOCATED OVER 100,000 OF THESE AMERICANS TO INTERNMENT CAMPS DURING WORLD WAR II.
WHO ARE JAPANESE AMERICANS?
THIS MATHEMATICAL FUNCTION IS THE PRODUCT OF ALL POSITIVE WHOLE NUMBERS FROM 1 UP TO A GIVEN NUMBER AND IS DENOTED BY AN EXCLAMATION MARK.
WHAT IS FACTORIAL?
THIS ANCIENT TRADE ROUTE CONNECTED THE EAST WITH THE WEST OF EUROPE, FACILITATING THE EXCHANGE OF GOODS, IDEAS, AND CULTURE.
WHAT IS THE SILK ROAD?
ACCORDING TO DEUTERONOMY, THIS NUMBER, LESS ONE, WAS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF LASHES A MAN COULD LEGALLY RECEIVE AS PUNISHMENT.
WHAT IS FORTY? (OR 39)
THIS ELEMENT, USED IN THE PRODUCTION OF ICE CREAM AND AIRBAGS, MAKES UP THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE OF EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE.
WHAT IS NITROGEN?
FINISH THE REST OF THIS LINE FROM LONGFELLOW'S PAUL REVERE'S RIDE: "ONE IF BY LAND AND TWO IF BY SEA..."
WHAT IS "I ON THE OPPOSITE SHORE WILL BE?"
AND PERFECTLY FITTED STONE BUILDINGS WITHOUT MORTAR, HAD NO WRITTEN LANGUAGE BUT USED KNOTTED CORDS FOR RECORDS, PAID TAXES IN LABOR, PERFORMED ADVANCED BRAIN SURGERY, CULTIVATED THE FIRST POTATOES, AND BUILT MACHU PICCHU IN THE ANDES MOUNTAINS.
WHO ARE THE INCAS?